The emperor looked at the remaining maids, waved his hands and said, "Let's all go out, pretend you didn't hear what you said just now."
"Here."
Several maids fell to the ground and kowtowed, all of them turned pale with fright. It seemed that the court lady was pulled out and killed because her hand trembled and dropped the crown, but in fact it was not because they listened to something they shouldn't have heard. The Yajiang named Zhuge Zhan said so much in one breath, and these words must not be spread casually now. The emperor killed a court lady, nothing more than telling the others not to talk too much.
Several court ladies quickly got up and exited, not even daring to breathe.
The emperor turned to face Zhuge Zhan and asked word by word: "From the beginning to the end, tell the truth."
Zhuge Zhan straightened up a little, and his voice was trembling: "That night, I don't know why Meng Yuan's cavalry appeared behind the line of defense of the leading guard on the right, and directly inserted in from behind. How could the army set up defenses in the middle of the night? ?The right leader, General Wei, hastily assembled troops to fight in Zhengdong, but the enemy had at least 20,000 cavalrymen coming from behind, and it was too late to stop them. Because the army had to defend for hundreds of miles, the right leader and guard collapsed It has been a day since the news came."
"When General Pei knew that the right leader was defeated, he immediately sent several generals and 30,000 troops to rush to the rescue. Before he arrived, he encountered the rout of the Chinese army. The 300,000 Chinese army was also defeated overnight. Now... I asked what happened to the rout of the Chinese army. They said that it was Meng Yuan's cavalry who came suddenly from behind. Come here, there are at least 200,000 horses. Prince Xu and General Jin Shixiong led troops to fight back, but because of the sudden attack in the middle of the night, the soldiers were routed too fast, and ultimately failed to prevent the enemy from smashing through the camp."
"King Xujun and General Jin Shixiong also killed and dispersed. King Xujun ran around with some troops, trying to gather the rout. But Meng Yuan's cavalry was too fast, and we... our infantry didn't even have time to line up."
"Later, the 30,000 troops sent by General Pei did not dare to move forward rashly, but stationed at the same place and sent people back to ask the general. The general ordered to retreat to the camp, and then retreated slowly to rescue Prince Xu. As soon as the army set out, the 60,000 cavalrymen of Mengyuan Keqin Banner came to kill them. Most of our left-leading guards were infantry and could only fight in formation. After standing firm for a day, more than two One hundred thousand cavalry came and killed them."
"At night, the defense line to the west was breached, and General Pei himself rushed forward with his personal guards. In the middle of the night... I heard... I heard that General Pei was shot to death by random arrows from the enemy cavalry. Shi Le, the military adviser, saw that the situation was over. , but refused to break out with the guards. He found the minister and asked the minister to lead the troops to break through and report back to Chang'an City. The military division organized the last troops to investigate the life and death of the general... The minister persuaded him to go with him. , Die with death! When the minister came out with dozens of cavalry, the military master and the others also died in battle."
"The minister and his subordinates did not dare to delay, and rode their horses all the way east. The minister still thought that we would definitely meet our Tai Sui army on the way. But all the way along the way, they saw corpses whose heads had been chopped off. Every ten You can see a pagoda piled up with the heads of soldiers from the Great Sui Dynasty within a few miles. The minister and his men were walking day and night, but they were still discovered by the Mongolian cavalry. After fighting, only the minister escaped by himself. Halfway At that time, I heard that King Xujun was retreating towards Qingxia with his remnant soldiers, so I hurried to Qingxia to find King Xujun... But when I arrived at Qingxia cautiously, I didn't see any of our Tai Sui troops. .”
"Later I thought... Most of the troops under King Xujun's command were infantry, and the Mandu banner was 2,000 miles long. How could King Xujun's troops outrun Meng Yuan's cavalry. The 700,000 army... Chen Yi All I saw on the road were headless corpses and the tall pagoda with human heads."
"I waited for a day in Qingxia, but I didn't wait for one of my own people but saw Meng Yuan's wolf flag. I had no choice but to run back by myself. When I passed by Fan Gu, I wanted to go in and tell the defenders to be careful. Dare to approach easily, secretly observed and discovered that there are Mengyuan people near Fan Gu, how could the Mengyuan people pass the Qingxia so quickly? The minister did not dare to stay for long, remembering the instructions of the military adviser, he rushed all the way east, and did not dare to delay for a moment on the way Come to Chang'an City."
After hearing his words, the emperor frowned twice. His face was very pale, obviously unable to accept the news.
"700,000 troops..."
He murmured and repeated: "The 700,000 elite troops under my command... are they gone?"
"Where's Li Yuanshan?"
The emperor suddenly asked: "After hearing what you said, why didn't you mention General You Xiaowei, Li Yuanshan! Is You Xiaowei still there?"
Zhuge Zhan trembled slightly, and kowtowed heavily: "Your Majesty... This is why the military adviser asked me to rush back to Chang'an to report the letter. Could it be that Your Majesty didn't notice that the Northwest was defeated, and it would be far worse if I returned without delay." Flying pigeons must pass letters quickly... But your Majesty, you still don't know about the war in the northwest... Because someone blocked the news, no one knew about the defeat in the east of Langru Mountain. When I was in the northwest, I didn't even dare to go to the post station! And the people They are still talking about when we will go straight to the Mengyuan royal court!"
"you… "
The emperor's body shook slightly, and he was a little unsteady on his feet.
"Speak clearly!"
Zhuge Zhan raised his head, with tears in his eyes: "The military adviser suspects that the reason why the Meng Yuan people were able to sneak out from behind our army is that Li Yuanshan colluded with the Meng Yuan barbarians! Back then we led the army on the left and moved the army to the front line. Before the garrison, the military adviser reminded General Pei to be careful of the right guard. However, the defense zone of the right guard is the farthest from our left guard... The military adviser has a good relationship with the minister in private, and has said it several times... He said that Li Yuanshan's right guard Something was abnormal, I didn't pay attention to it at the time, I thought the military division was just talking nonsense when he was drunk... "
"Li Yuanshan...why is he!"
The emperor almost screamed, his voice filled with boundless anger and sadness. For a moment, he suddenly understood why Zhuge Zhan said that the people in the northwest did not know the defeat, and Zhuge Zhan didn't even dare to go to the post station. The emperor's eyes darkened, and he couldn't stand upright and fell backwards.
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Less than fifty miles away from Gyeonggi-do, there is a big mountain. After crossing this mountain, it is under the jurisdiction of Gyeonggi Province. The forest in the mountain is very dense because it is very dense, and the forest without green looks particularly chilling. A group of ragged flying fish robes stumbled forward, obviously exhausted to the extreme.
Feiyupao, who was walking at the back, collapsed and couldn't get up again.
"Qianhu...he can't walk anymore, he was seriously injured last night."
A flying fish robe panted and said to the person walking in front.
The person at the front looked petite, but she was actually a woman. It's just that the robe on his body is already torn, and there are still many bloodstains. Her shoulder, which was wrapped in gauze, was also apparently injured. Looking at her face, I don't know how long it has been since she washed it, and there is no original color in the dirty face.
This woman is exactly Mu Xiaoyao.
Mu Xiaoyao walked back, checked the injuries of the fallen Flying Fish Robe, frowned slightly, and finally sighed: "Give him a ride, he can't be saved."
A hundred households walked over with a painful expression, knelt down and said, brother, I'm sorry. Then a knife stabbed into the heart of the flying fish robe, the man stretched out his hand and swayed back and forth as if trying to grab something, when the blade twisted in his heart, his hand fell down limply.
"Thanks… "
The seriously injured Feiyupao murmured before dying, with tears in the corners of his eyes.
"With him, we can't go fast. And if we leave him, it will be even more painful to fall into the hands of those people."
As if to comfort others, the murderous Baihu said in a hoarse voice: "Come on to Gyeonggi-do, as long as those who are chasing us in Gyeonggi-do don't have the guts to chase us so closely. Let's find the local government and ask for an inn The horses can be rushed back to Chang'an City as soon as possible. Your Majesty does not know about the defeat in the Northwest, if you don't bring the news back as soon as possible, the three Northwest... all lost."
Another Feiyupao cursed: "Li Yuanshan, Yuan Chongwu, Wu Peizhi, Yang Shanchen! Fuck your ancestors! The thousands of miles of great rivers and mountains in the Sui Dynasty were lost in the hands of these bastards! What did the Mengyuan people agree to?" What benefits do they have, three governors, a general rebelling... the Great Sui has never experienced such a shame for a hundred years!"
"Some of them want to be emperor."
Baihu sighed and said: "When we just retreated from the northwest, 700,000 troops and millions of civilians slaughtered thousands of miles... When we arrived at the front line of Fangu, we saw that the defenders were all Yuan Chongwu's county soldiers, and blocked the road. , the supplies of the army were all intercepted, and then Lord Qianhu said that there was going to be chaos in the Northwest. Then we accidentally bumped into Li Yuanshan's big secret... I fled all the way back, I thought it would be safe when I arrived in Gyeonggi-do, who would have thought In the end, most of the brothers didn't make it through."
Mu Xiaoyao took a deep breath, and glanced at the dead Feiyupao again: "Let's go, and climb over this mountain as soon as possible. Those pursuers were too tight, and we couldn't find the post station officials along the way." Get rid of it. Yuan Chongwu and his men have war horses, and they will arrange them outside the cities and post stations first. It will not be easy for us to escape here, so we can't delay."
"Here!"
The remaining six or seven flying fish robes responded, looking at Mu Xiaoyao with respect in their eyes. Along the way, if Lord Qianhu had not predicted many ambushes in advance, they might have died long ago.
As Mu Xiaoyao walked forward, she was thinking about what happened in the past.
Li Yuanshan and Yuan Chongwu rebelled because of that secret. Then colluded with the Mongols to defeat the 700,000 troops of the court, so that the court's troops would be stretched. When the time comes, they will occupy thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the northwest, and the court will lose the 700,000 troops.
The Battle of the Northwest was simply a huge trap dug by Li Yuanshan and the others because of the emperor's greed!
The imperial army marched to the northwest, fought a victory first, and occupied the Mandu Banner, and the Sui Dynasty rejoiced. In fact, this was all calculated by Li Yuanshan. His purpose was to bury the 700,000 soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, and then he would be able to rebel in the northwest without hindrance! With the help of Meng Yuan's hand to get rid of the imperial court, his calculations are too deep. He has Yuan Chongwu and other governors as internal support, but he can't deal with the other guards stationed in the northwest. And after this battle, there are no more soldiers in the northwest! However, without the emperor's greed, how could Li Yuanshan succeed
Emperor...
You only want to expand your territory, but you don't know that you have been calculated by Li Yuanshan and the others from the very beginning.
Mu Xiaoyao sighed slightly, she originally thought that Da Sui's country was as stable as a mountain. I thought that the Sui people were united, and the court was united as one... Now it seems that I am still too naive. For the dream of being emperor, the men will become ferocious like beasts once the opportunity comes.
Li Yuanshan colluded with the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry to kill the Sui soldiers and horses in Mandu Banner, and almost no one fled back to Langru Mountain.
The sweet dream that the emperor had carefully woven for himself was shattered like this.
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"Your Majesty..."
Su Buwei stepped forward to support the emperor, seeing the pale face of the emperor, he couldn't help but feel his heart tense. He could feel the emperor's mood, and he could also feel the pain of the emperor now.
"Crown for me."
The emperor broke away from Su Buwei, and pointed to the crown that Su Buwei picked up and put aside: "I want to go to court."
At this moment, Su Buwei had the illusion that the emperor suddenly aged by dozens of years.
Then he realized that it was not an illusion.
The emperor's temples turned white in an instant.